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P-. G. HUBERT. Carte de Visite Exhbi'to'r.

'Patenied Marchw, 1867;

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P.' GENGEMBRE HUBERT, or NEW r OBK, Y;

Laim Patent No. 62,959, ma March' 19, 1867.

CARTE DE VISITE EXHIBITOR.

TO ALL WHOM ITv MAY CONCERNz- Be it ltnown that I, P. GnNGEM'BRE HUBERT, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invente-d certain improvements in` Carte De Visite Exhibitor and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and-use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partv of thisA specification, in whichy Figure 1 represents a front viewof my improved carte de visite exhibitor when open and in the proper position for exhibiting the carte deviste placed therein; and

Figure-2 is a sectional elevation view of the same through its centre, and represents the instrument when closed and in the position it occupies when not in use. i

The devices which have been made for exhibiting cartes de visite can be classified in three groups', viz, the albums or hooks in which the cards -are 4placed and are exhibiting by turning Aover the leaves; the frames or stands in which one or more cards are placed to'b hung up or placedon a shelf; and the boxes or frames provided with lens in which the cards are slipped one over the other sopas Vto exhibit them neby one to the eye v of the person looking at the cards through the lens. To this third'group de es my invention relate, and it consistsin an improved and new Aexhibitor which I havey called a Revolvicon, and which I will proceed to describe in'detail. .Y

Description. A is a box or outside shell, made of any form, shape, or material desired, Vto-"be ornamental and convenient. a a is the lower part or rim of the box A, and B is the bottom of the same, 'which' is made loose, and so fastened to the box A by suitable' catches or hooks as to permit of the top A being'lifted up away from the bottom B,

when desirable.v llhe box A is provided with a door, C, to whicl1 are fastened the eyetube and lens D, and to which is suspended the relecror E, hanging {"reely, and provided with a suitable hole in or about itscentre,

I Athrough which thecartes de visites are to be looked at. In Athe centre ofthe bottom B is ahole through .which the-pin Fis passed and .in which it can revolve. G is a wheel or disk, fastened to the p in F, and by Which the said pin F is caused'to revolve when desired. H isa spool-shape piece, provided with bands of India rubber or other elasticmaterialfo'r retaining the .cardsin'the position represented in my drawings and allowing them toplay freely as if they were hinged atv the points ggg g, v&c The piece H has'a h ole through its whole length so that it can bo slipped over the pien F, and it has at both ends notches,-t LLL, in which the small pinfwill iit, so that when the wheel G is turned the piece H will alsovbo turned.' '.Iothe bottom B are attached small uprights, M IWI/,to which are fixed suitable springs or catches, N N, adjustable at pleasure to regulate the position of the cards, as hereafter described. The wholel apparatus'issupported onthree feet or legs P P and P, two of which are solid, and one of vwhich has a slot .in which is pivoted the leg in sucha manner that it can be brought out and support the revolvicon in the position represented in g. 1,' or that it can be turned under as represented 'in ig. 2, 'when the revolvicon is not in use. i I

Operation.

The iig. 2 of my drawings exhibits clearly the position of the cards -in the revolvicon.A Two cards are placed' back to back between the elastic bands cc c 7c, and when the revolvioon-is not in use and the door closed, the

pictures are stored in a perfect manner. lWhen it is desired to exhibit the pictures or cards stored in the revolv icon, the door Cv is opened to bring out the lens in focus, the movable leg R i's turned 'out from nder'and the revolvicon is placed in the position represented in iig'. 1. The reiiector E, which was brought in close proximity to the door 0,'when the revolvicon was level and the door closed, is now standing in the position seen-in fig. 1, for, as it hangs fr'eely fromlthe door, it will hang plumb at all times, and when the revolvicon is tilted, as in fig. l, to place it in the proporpo'sition to exhibit the carte de visite placed therein, the relector will take, ofits own accord, the proper position for reflecting light into the revolvicon and on the card which is brought inV sight. The catches N and AN are so regulated-'that when 4the. revolvicon is tiltetl,`(as in `g.1,) the cardsv which'ar-e left in the space between the catches N and N will fall by their own weight on the catch N', which lwill allow them to fall baclr'and only retaintwo or three,` and keep the top one in perfect focus with the lens As soon as the wheel is turned, the catch N will let goa card which will fall onV theorie previouslyenhibited, and the catch N will letgo one card back so the focusing'will not be altered', and by tining the wheel Gr all the cards will be in turn brought forward and made to fall in focus of the lens When the whole of the cards from one side have been exhibited, the box A islifted olf, the piece is turned upside down, and when the box Ais replaced all the cards on'the other side of the ones already 'seen will now fall in sight one at a time, as already described above. My revolviconcan be made to contain'a larger or smaller number ot" cards.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to seizure-by LettersPatent of the United States, is-

1.' The herein-desoribed" revolvicon in which cartes `de visite are's'tored, as in fig. 2, and in which theb are exhibited, as inig. 1, by dropping insight one after the otherby their own gravital force, arranged and operatingas specified. i

2. Thel combination of the piece H, pins F, and wheel Gr, with the carte sde visite. J J, 86o.

3. The combination andv arrangement of the 4leg withthe leg P', of the bottom B,to obtain the two positions of the instrument as speoied. y v v 4. The self-adjusting refiector E, arranged and operating as set forth. y o

l P. GENGEMBRE HUBERT. [1.. s.)

Witnesses:

J. R. FLEURY, H. P. GENGEMBRE HUBERT. 

